Chapter 852

Chapter 852

Celestial Swords’ Swordplay

The blazing qi generated a gust of wind that prevented the trees from approaching, simultaneously igniting them.

“Trees under my control shouldn’t be flammable!” raged Xuelian.

“You said humans aren’t the only ones who can cast formations. What makes you think you’re the only ones who can leverage the five elements?” Lie Shang rhetorically questioned.

At the start of the fight, Lie Shang used the inherent flames in Sky Scorcher Sword, which was why he could not torch the trees. Dousing those flames in his spiritual energy, however, took their potency to another level.

Xuelian triggered the release of vitality from the plants to extinguish the fire at the cost of her own qi. Worse, she was so fixated on Lie Shang that she did not pay attention to Mu Yu, who cast an eight trigrams diagram from Shadow Splitter Sword. Consequently, she was too late to realise Mu Yu had spawn enoughed Shadow Splitter Swords to vanquish all of her weapons.

“This is only the tip of the iceberg.”

Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts allowed the wielder to harness their character into their swordplay, creating a style unique to each individual. For instance, Lie Shang’s style could be described as violent currents, while Mu Yu’s style could be described as an endless stream.

Xuelian called forth all of her bloodlust energy, trying to shield herself against Mu Yu’s attack with red lotuses. Mu Yu’s endless onslaught accelerated the growth of the lotuses. Once a flower had its moment of glory, withering was the inevitable successive stage. Xuelian could only watch on in anger and despair as Mu Yu’s swords pulverised her defences to pierce her.

All of a sudden, they all detected three bloodlust energy signals come out from nowhere and close in at high velocity.

“They’re here! You two are done for now!” Xuelian guffawed even though the flower petals on her withered one after another.

“It’s those three. Let’s go!”

“Tch!” Mu Yu inwardly lamented, If only I had another fifteen minutes and more spiritual energy in the tank, I could finish her.

Xuelian, unyielding, formed a wall from of red lotuses, denying the duo a way out. Lie Shang hastily combusted them, only for a black-stone wall consisting of numerous minerals to rise from the ground. At the same instant, a magnetic force of sorts pulled them back – a technique Cheng Yan once utilised against Mu Yu.

“Damn it, this wall is more robust than her flower wall!”

A fire demon launched a fireball at the two.

“Two for one trip? Lucky.”

Mu Yu and Lie Shang spun around.

“Tree Elder?”

Mu Yu spotted the linden tree that Wood Spirit came from behind the cordial elder. The dimming tree removed its branch from Mu Yu and greeted him with a shoulder pat.

“That was a close one. We’re lucky the tree’s remaining energy was enough to save you.” Tree Elder cheerfully patted the linden tree.

“You saved us?”

“It’s dangerous for you to be at Crouching Dragon Mountain right now.”

“Hang on. Xuelian told me that you’re d-”

“Dead? Wouldn’t she like that?”

“Can I expect some explanations?” Mu Yu questioned, giving the linden tree the cold shoulder.

“Same old. The linden tree called me here to rescue you when it sensed your aura. Having said that, the tree had no intention of saving your senior. You just happened to grab him in time.” Tree Elder gave Lie Shang a nod, signalling he knew who Lie Shang was.

Lie Shang reciprocated the gesture to convey gratitude.

Mu Yu patted the linden tree’s branch on his shoulder to give it his thanks.

“Come with me. You can ask questions later.”

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